Kaihan Krippendorff is the founder of Outthinker Networks, a global think-tank of chief strategy, innovation, growth, and transformation officers and executives of large global public and private organizations. A former McKinsey consultant and author of bestselling books including Outthink the Competition, Driving Innovation from Within, and Proximity, Kaihan is recognized... Read more
Kaihan Krippendorff is the founder of Outthinker Networks, a global think-tank of chief strategy, innovation, growth, and transformation officers and executives of large global public and private organizations.
A former McKinsey consultant and author of bestselling books including Outthink the Competition, Driving Innovation from Within, and Proximity, Kaihan is recognized by Thinkers50 and Global Gurus as one of the top 20 global management thinkers in strategy and innovation.
Known for rigorously researched tools and engaging programs, Kaihan is an innovation catalyst and sought-after strategic advisor for some of the world’s most recognizable companies including Aetna-CVS, JP Morgan, Lockheed Martin, Bank of America, Procter & Gamble, IBM, and Yahoo!. His work has created in excess of $3.0 billion of new annual recurring revenue.
Kaihan is host of the Outthinkers podcast, The Chief Strategy Officer Podcast, and Strategy at Scale podcast. His ideas are frequently published in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and other leading media outlets. He teaches strategy and innovation for Wharton Executive Education, Florida International University, NYU, and other programs across the globe. Kaihan is an advisory board member of two technology startups.
Kaihan holds a doctorate in strategy and business and engineering degrees from the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering, Wharton, Columbia Business School, and London Business School. With a mother from Bangladesh, father from Germany, and wife from Latin America, Kaihan is a global citizen who brings a holistic, diverse, and worldly perspective to everything he does. He is a passionate cook and lives in Miami, Florida, with his wife, three teenage kids, two cats, and a dog.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus has said, “Kaihan shows that with a compelling idea anyone can change the world” and that message has made Kaihan one of the most sought-after business speakers in the world.
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